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RECENTLY it was found (Sutter, unpublished) that spiral strips cut from the anterior mesenteric vein of rabbits showed marked spontaneous contractions when suspended in Krebs–Henseleit solution at 37° C. Vascular smooth muscle is generally considered to be of the multi-unit type and to be devoid of spontaneous conducted activity. It was thought that the spontaneously active anterior mesenteric vein strip might prove a suitable tissue for investigating the electrical activity of vascular tissue.
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CUTHBERT, A., SUTTER, M. Electrical Activity of a Mammalian Vein. Nature 202, 95 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202095a0
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